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29/04/2013
Alistair Lawson
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I am member of the Centre for Distributed Computing, Networking and Security
within IIDI, doing Research and Knowledge Exchange project in the areas of software engineering, applications development, healthcare,
speech and language, scalable systems, cloud computing, information sharing, simulation, e-security, e-commerce, and e-learning. I supervise Honours, MSc, Internship, and PhD
students, and am line manager for a number of Research Staff. My teaching is in the Software Engineering Subject Group at the School of Computing at Edinburgh
Napier University, and I link my modules closely to my research and knowledge exchange experience in order to to give learning experiences and skills that are highly sought after by employers.
Areas of Expertise 
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Expressive interaction describes the range of new forms of human-computer interaction that are made available through technologies based on speech, touch and gesture. The opportunities presented by these developments promise to be far-reaching, enabling new forms of interaction with information...
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The technologies that help us to organise and share information on the internet are changing the way we live and work. This information society or knowledge economy people affects is in all kinds of new ways – as individuals, groups and organisations.
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In our increasingly global economy, companies are under pressure to optimise their activities in order to gain a competitive edge or to even remain sustainable. our optimisation research specialises in developing state-of-the-art algorithms that are capable of obtaining solutions to complex...
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Electronic information now plays a vital role in almost every aspect of our daily lives. So the need for a secure and trustworthy online infrastructure is more important than ever. without it, not only the growth of the internet but our personal interactions and the economy itself could be at risk.
Contact
al.lawson@napier.ac.uk
+44 (0)131 455 2730
Room C62
Merchiston Campus
10 Colinton Road
Edinburgh
EH10 5DT
Edinburgh
EH10 5DT
Recent Projects
This IIDI project, led by Alistair Lawson, involves research into and initial development of support systems and software applications for Deiseal Ltd in relation to Ùlpan (Gaelic Language Learning for Adults). The project is funded by Deiseal Ltd who have in turn have received funding from Bòrd na...
IIDI are working with HighlandBirchwoods under an SFC Innovation Voucher
PhD Project Involvement
Matthias Talsma (PhD 2010-)
Evaluation framework for the optimisation of cloud-based infrastructures within healthcare environments.
Omair Uthmani (PhD 2008-)
Context-aware definition, modelling and implementation for policy-compliant information sharing between Police and Community Partners. The exchange of information between the police and community partner organisations forms a core aspect of effective policing and community service provision.
Mathew Miehling (PhD 2008-)
An investigatory framework for electronic fraud using affiliate fraud as a case study.
Recent Publications
Uthmani, O., Buchanan, W., Fan, L., Lawson, A. (2013). A Novel Information Sharing Model using Binary Decision Diagrams for Redundancy, Shadowing, Generalisation and Correlation. Computers and Security.
Uthmani, O., Buchanan, W., Fan, L., Lawson, A. (2013). Evaluation of Binary Decision Diagrams for Redundancy, Shadowing, Generalisation and Correlation in an Information Sharing Model. The Computer Journal.
Buchanan, W., Fan, L., Lawson, A., SCHAFER, B., Scott, R., Thuemmler, C., Uthmani, O. (2012). Computational data protection law: trusting each other offline and online. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Volume 250: Legal Knowledge and Information Systems, 31 - 40.
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